PEOPLE
The group in Autumn 2018
There are currently thirty members of the group: nine postdocs, seventeen PhD students, three Part III students and one member of support staff.
Lab telephone number: +44 (0)1223 336364
View information of former group members.
Postdocs:
John currently works on novel methods for the multicomponent synthesis of alkylamines.
Roopender works on novel methods for the multicomponent synthesis of amines.
Elena works in collaboration with AstraZeneca, researching novel methods for covalent inhibition.
Dr Roopender Kumar
rk596[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, University of Zurich, 2017
Advisor: Prof. Cristina Nevado
Dr M. Elena de Orbe
med59[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, ICIQ, 2018
Advisor: Prof. Antonio Echavarren
Dr John Chu
ckc30[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, Colorado State University, 2017
Advisor: Prof.Tomislav Rovis
Abi's research focuses on combining high throughput synthesis and machine learning.
Christoph works on the development of bioorthogonal methodologies for protein functionalisation.
Jianzhong works on novel methods for the multicomponent synthesis of amines.
Dr Abigail Mountford
am2833[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, University of Bristol, 2020
Advisor: Prof. Chris Willis
Dr Christoph Fricke
cf533[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, RWTH Aachen University, 2019
Advisor: Prof. Franziska Schoenebeck
Dr Jianzhong Liu
jl2220[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, Peking University, 2018
Advisor: Prof. Ning Jiao
Alex was previously a postdoc in the Hartwig lab and is working on new methods for DNA functionalisation.
Aaron works on photoredox catalysis for the synthesis of amines.
Dr Alexander Fawcett
af746[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, University of Bristol, 2018
Advisor: Prof. Varinder Aggarwal
Dr Aaron Trowbridge
adt38[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, University of Cambridge, 2018
Advisor: Prof. Matthew Gaunt
Dr Tania Xavier
tx236[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, Université Paris-Est Créteil, 2021
Advisor: Prof. Sylvie Condon
Fourth Year PhD Students:
Antonio is funded by an EPSRC CASE studentship with GSK and works on high throughput chemistry.
Patrick works on the development of novel methods for protein functionalization.
Henry works on novel methods for the synthesis of amines.
Antonio Pedrina
aap52[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Nottingham, 2017
Advisor: Prof. Simon Woodward
Patrick Deneny
pjd60[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of York, 2016
MChem Year in Industry: Roche, Basel
J. Henry Blackwell
jhb62[at]cam.ac.uk
BSc, University College Dublin, 2017
Year in Industry: GSK, Stevenage
Sarah works closely with AstraZeneca on the development of protein photocrosslinkers.
Jesús joined the group as an MPhil student and remained for his PhD studies, working on C-H activation.
Sarah Folliet
sf602[at]cam.ac.uk
MSc, University of Geneva, 2017
Advisor: Prof. Clément Mazet
Jesús Rodrigálvarez García
jr720[at]cam.ac.uk
MPhil, University of Cambridge, 2017
Advisor: Prof. Matthew Gaunt
Third Year PhD Students:
Bo previously worked under Prof. Amos B. Smith III at UPenn. He works on photoredox catalysis.
Vivien works on DNA bioconjugation in collaboration with the Balasubramanian group.
Bo Li
bl445[at]cam.ac.uk
Graduate research, University of Pennsylvania
Advisor: Prof. Amos B. Smith III
Vivien Lechner
vdl20[at]cam.ac.uk
MSc, Technische Universität München, 2018
Advisor: Prof. Thorsten Bach
Second Year PhD Students:
Biswarup's research focuses on the synthesis of amines using photochemistry.
Georgia was previously a Part III student in the group. She currently works on photoredox catalysis.
Milo is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on high throughput experimentation.
Georgia Harris
grh37[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Cambridge, 2019
Advisor: Prof. Matthew Gaunt
Milo Smith
mas297[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of Oxford, 2017
Advisor: Prof. Darren Dixon
Biswarup Roy
br403[at]cam.ac.uk
MSc, IIT Bombay, 2019
Advisor: Prof. Debabrata Maiti
Luke research focuses on the synthesis of amines using C-H activation.
Luke Reeve
lar62[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of York, 2019
MChem Year in Industry: LifeArc, Cambridge
First Year PhD Students:
Alex works on the multicomponent synthesis of alcohols and amines.
Yusra works on photoredox catalysis for the synthesis of azides.
James is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on the synthesis of amines.
Alex Rafaniello
aar49[at]cam.ac.uk
MS, University of Melbourne, 2019
Advisor: Prof. Mark Rizzacasa
Yusra Abdelhamid
ya308[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of St. Andrews, 2020
Advisor: Prof. Andrew Smith
James Robinson
jdr50[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of York, 2020
Year in Industry: LifeArc, Cambridge
Zhang-He Goh
zhg21[at]cam.ac.uk
BSc (Pharm), National University of Singapore
Advisor: Prof. Han Kiat Ho
Marcus is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on novel methods for alkene synthesis.
Zhang-He is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on protein functionalization.
Joseph is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on high throughput experimentation.
Joseph Phelps
jmp242[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of Durham
Year in Industry: Roche, Basel
Marcus Grocott
mg978[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Birmingham
Advisor: Prof. Rachel O'Reilly
Part III Students:
Edward is from St Johns College and works with Jesus
Nathan is from Gonville and Caius and works with John
Hanna is from St Catherine's College and works with Vivien
Edward Shellard
ejks2[at]cam.ac.uk
Nathan Caplan
nc511[at]cam.ac.uk
Hanna Saik
hms63[at]cam.ac.uk
Support Staff:
Chung deals with operational aspects of the group and provides direct support to MJG.